Source: Press Release
AHMEDABAD, INDIA, June 6, 2002: One of the great Vaishnava Saints of India, Shri Krishnashankar Shastriji (Pujya Dadaji), left his body on Monday June 3 in Ahmedabad. He was regarded as one of the spiritual heads of the Pushti Marga Vaishnava Sampradaya and served his whole life in rendering Bhagwat Katha’s (commentary on scripture) throughout the world. Even in his old age, he has continued to travel to UK, USA and parts of Africa to perform Katha’s, ceremonies and Temple openings. He was the inspiration behind one of the longest and most successful running educational institutes in India, the Bhagwat Vidyapith in Sola, near Ahmedabad. Throughout his life, he received many awards and titles, the most recent being the Brahmarishi Varya title awarded by Sandipani Vidyniketan to Pujya Dada on February 15, 2002.